Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
Gangs - Essay

Gangs


Introduction
I. -A Los Angeles family takes a wrong turn into gang territory and is fired
upon. A 3-year-old is killed and her 2-year-old brother wounded.
-A Chinese immigrant in Brooklyn is kidnapped by a Chinatown gang which
demands ransom payments from her family. She is murdered when the family fails to pay.

-Two FBI agents and a police sergeant are murdered inside the Washington,
D.C. police headquarters by a gang member.

-A Pittsburgh police sergeant walking home with his daughter is killed with
his own gun after he stops and confronts a gang spraying graffiti on a street.

II. Resolved : that the Federal Government should pass laws to prevent the
development gang ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

appearance or state of
appearing young; the time of life when one is not considered a adult; a young person”

III. Our current juvenile justice system is no longer adequate for
today's hardened young gang members. Demographics indicated this problem is not
going away. In fact, only will get worse. This is a serious problem that can
not be left unchecked. If this is not addressed it will only lead to the decay
of our society. We must take action to combat gangs in a new way. Vice
President Albert Gore recently told the White House press corps, "Gangs have
been a major cause of the growth in violent crime in the past decade." He cited
a Treasury Department report that found the presence of rival gangs, the Bloods
and the Crips, in 35 states and 58 cities across the country. At the same press
conference, Attorney General Janet Reno cited the impact of disabling one gang
in New Haven, Connecticut. Eighteen members of the "Jungleboy" street gang were
put in jail, and, according ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.


Already a member? Login

homicides are gang
related. Nationwide, the rate of violent offenses by gang members is three times
as high as for non-gang delinquents.
"Unless we act now," says Attorney General Janet Reno, "to stop young
people from choosing a life of violence and crime, the beginning of the 21st
century could bring levels of violent crime to our communities that far exceed
what we have experienced." Reggie Walton, a Washington, D.C. Superior Court
judge who handles juvenile cases, blames it on the disappearance of fathers.
Walton says fathers leave children to be raised by young mothers who themselves
are often struggling with mental or emotional problems, limited education,
poverty and ...

Succeed in your coursework without stepping into a library.
Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports,
and research papers in 2 minutes or less.


CITE THIS PAGE:

Gangs. (2006, October 2). Retrieved December 23, 2024, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Gangs/53286
"Gangs." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 2 Oct. 2006. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Gangs/53286>
"Gangs." Essayworld.com. October 2, 2006. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Gangs/53286.
"Gangs." Essayworld.com. October 2, 2006. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Gangs/53286.
JOIN NOW
Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays


PAPER DETAILS
Added: 10/2/2006 06:41:15 AM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 3191
Pages: 12

Save | Report

SHARE THIS PAPER

SAVED ESSAYS
Save and find your favorite essays easier

SIMILAR ESSAYS
» Youth Gangs An Overview
» Gangs
» Street Gangs: A Guide To Commun...
» The Mafia And Street Gangs
» Gangs: A Violent Reality
» The Violent Reality Of Gangs
» Response To Susan Horton's Arti...
» Analysis Of Gangs
» Gangs
» Gangs In Today's Cities
Copyright | Cancel | Contact Us

Copyright © 2024 Essayworld. All rights reserved